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Podcast: Belabored
Episode: Belabored Podcast #170: An Amazon Autopsy, with Camille Rivera
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By now you’ve heard of the spectacular rise and fall of the Amazon HQ2 Deal in Queens. Faced with a barrage of anti-corporate outrage, deep local skepticism, and a political gridlock, the king of digital commerce did a total 180, deciding abruptly that it would take its business elsewhere. The collapse of the negotiations marked a victory for community organizing, but thwarting the Amazon invasion is just one act in a broader drama about urban development and the power multinationals like Amazon hold over our social and political landscape. We speak with Ca...